Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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